152 PS ALMS OF THE SISTERS

Thou, O chaste anchorite, farest to old age, thy
beauty unmated.' (379)

« What now to thee, in this carrion-filled, grave-
filling carcase so fragile

Seen by thee, seemeth to warrant the doctrine thou
speakest, infatuate?" (380)

' Eyes hast thou like the gazelle's, like an elf s in

the heart of the mountains—
Tis those eyes of thee, sight of which feedeth the

depth of my passion. (381)
Shrined in thy dazzling, immaculate face as in

calyx of lotus,
'Tis those eyes of thee, sight of which feedeth the

strength of my passion. (382)
Though thou be far from me, how could I ever

forget thee, O maiden,
Thee of the long-drawn eyelashes, thee of the eyes

so miraculous ?

Dearer to me than those orbs is naught, O thou
"witching-eyed fairy T (383)

* Lo! thou art wanting to walk where no path is ;

thou seekest to capture
Moon from the skies for thy play; thou would'-st

jump o'er the ridges'of Meru,1
Thou who presumest to lie in wait for a child of

the Buddha! (384)
Nowhere in earth or in heaven lives now any object

of lust for me.
Him I know not. What like is he ? Slain, root

and branch, through the Noble Path. (385)

The mythical central mountain of the universe, called also Sineru.